Improved horse-collar and names



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO MARTIN KILLAOKY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T() HIMSELF AND J. G. ROUSE, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVED HORSE-COLLAR AND HAME'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,606, dated February 28, 1865.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN KILLACKY, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a Combined Horse-Collar and Hames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of a horse-collar and htmes combined, hinged together at the top a 1d connected together at the bottom by means ot a locking device, all substantially as described hereinafter, so that when disconnected at the lower end the hames and collar may be opened and readily placed over the horses neck without the necessity of resorting t the tedio' s manipulation, and without incui-rin g the delay demanded in adjusting these por ions of harness as usually constructed.

ln order to enable others skilled in the art to make and apply my invention, I will now proceed to described the manner ot' constructing` and using the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which i'orm a part of this slnciticatioil, Fig'- ure l is a front view, partly in section, of my combined collar and-hames; and Fig. 2 an enlarged sectional view on the line 1 2, Fig. l.

A and A represent the hames, which are hinged together at x, and which are connected together at the bottom by a locking device, described hereinafter. B and B are the two portions of the collar, which are made in the iorm of and padded in the same manner as an ordinary horse-collar, each half forming a p irt of or being permanently secured to one ot' the portions of the hames. A padded strip, e, extends from one portion of the collar to the other, and is so arranged as to readily yield when the haines and collar are opened.

At the lower end of the portion A of the haines is a projection, j, in which is an opening for the reception of a tongue, l1, at the lower end ofthe portion A of the haines. This tongue has a notch, f, for the reception ot'a projection, i, on a lever, K, the latter occupying a position in a slot at the rear of the lower end of the portion A of the llames, and being hung to a pin, m, a spring, a, on the lever tending to force the same outward.

To the lower end ot' the lever K is hinged an arm, p, a projection, q, on which is held by a spring-catch, t, and from the latter projects a bent plate, ze, on pressing which the springcatch is moved back, the arm p released, and the lever K thrown outward by thespring fn, the projection t' being thereby withdrawn from the-notch in the tongue l1, and the two portions of the haines being consequently disconnected from each other, so that they can be opened and readily placed over the horses neck, after which the lower ends of the two portions of the haines are locked together in a manner which Will be readily understood without further explanation.

The hannes are provided with the usual appliances for receiving the traces and other portions of the harness. i

It will be seen that by the use of my combined collar and hames the tedious manipulation required in adjusting these parts ot' harness as ordinarily constructed is obviated.

I claim 4as my invention and desire to sccure by Letters Patent- The haines A A, combined with and forming part of the collar B B', when the saidv haines are hinged together at the top and conv nected together at the bottom by the device herein described or the equivalent to the same, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

M ARTIN KILLACKY.

Witnesses JOHN WHITE, W. J. R. DELANY.- 

